[FFmpeg-user] parser not found for codec dvb_teletext

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

jon h <jon77h <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When transcoding programs recorded off DVB-T (Australia),
> I'd like to get the 'closed caption' subtitles,
> for a friend who has poor hearing.

FFmpeg generally does not support "closed caption" 
subtitles (MPlayer does though).

> Using Zeranoe build 20121029, win 32-bit shared:--
> 
> input messages contain:
> Stream #0:2[0x240](eng): Subtitle: dvb_teletext ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)

This is either not "closed caption" or a bug in FFmpeg 
(that you should report).

> [mpegts @ 00f04980] parser not found for codec dvb_teletext, packets or
> times may be invalid.

> output messages contain:
> Stream #0:2 -> #0:2 (? -> ass)
> Decoder (codec dvb_teletext) not found for input stream #0:2

It is currently not generally possible to convert from 
other subtitles to ass.

Please always post the command line you tried together 
with the complete, uncut console output when reporting 
problems.

Carl Eugen